Lecture 12 - Post Modernism Lecture

Initially born out of optimism, an inspirational reaction to world war 1, with a view of harnessing technology to improve people's lives.
Modernism is associated with experimentation, innovation, individualism, progress, purity, originality and seriousness.

Postmodern:

• Equivalent of "late capitalism"
• artistic and stylistic

Charles Jencks - modernism dies 15 July 1972 3:32pm.

The demolition of the Pruitt - Igoe development, St Louis.

James Stirling Neve Staatsgalerie, Stuttgard, Germany, 1977.

Leeds look from 1980s (Leeds Magistrate)

J.F Lyotard - The Postmodern Condition 1979

Incredulity towards metanarritives 

metanarritives totalising belief system

the result is crisis in confidence. 

Roy Lichtenstein 'This must be the place' - 1965

Piero Manzoni 'Artists Shit' 1961

Memphis Group founded 1981

Carlton Bookcase 1981